The Howard League,
a penal reform charity, provided a list of cases referred to by MPs, including the example of a 32 - year - old woman who admitted stealing a four - pack of Mars Bars worth 75p.
Children held in privately - run secure training centres are being regularly subject to physical abuse by staff, a leading
penal reform charity has warned.
The news is sure to get a warm response from
penal reform charities, who have long argued against what they interpret as a heavy - handed and populist response to minor crimes.
Not exact matches
The
charity focuses on
penal reform in England and Wales.